All too often scientists are quick to (i) findings that ostensibly fail to mesh with their own research nonetheless, such a response is (ii) compared to the (iii), if not downright contemptuous, attitude they take towards a theory that questions the very foundation upon which their work rests.
Blank (i)
discuss
doubt
clutch at
Blank (ii)
unquestionably vitriolic
positively muted
slightly undiplomatic
Blank (iii)
complacent
convivial
dismissive
